dellhiver

@dellhiver@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save us!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True. All I can think of is that before it gets to Halloween shops have sold off most of their stock and are in the process of getting all the Xmas stuff out. I’ve been places where they have a Halloween and Xmas mix of songs.

  I’m not ruling out that a few hundred thousand completely random people around the world all decide to listen to Xmas music around the same time. I just think it’s more likely businesses switching to seasonal music as early as possible, and streaming Mariah Carey 20 times a day, causing the big sudden spike.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Save us!!!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it just a load of stores/shops immediately switching to generic xmas playlists after Halloween? To me that’s the only reason I could see there to being a sudden spike. This song is bound to be in most of them. But we’d also need to track other popular xmas tracks.

  (I know there used to be significant music licensing issues about what music could be played in a store, to the public. Don’t know if there is some special Spotify business account now?)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wild Seals⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Obligatory link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_finger

  Don’t let a Seal bite you.

  “Seal finger was first described scientifically in 1907. It can cause cellulitis, joint inflammation, and swelling of the bone marrow; untreated, the course of “seal finger” is slow and often results in a thickened, contracted joint. Historically, seal finger was treated by amputation of the affected digits once they became unusable…”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨These are your only alternatives. ⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  1 - 100% chance of a metallic taste, that lingers after use. 3 as well probably.

  4 is the only practical option, just need to use it with your left hand.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And they mocked me for my WoW subscription 😗⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did return to my old flac and mp3 collection. Got Foobar working again, found a nice skin and I’m rediscovering music that I that skipped over. I buy second-hand CDs when I find them. I’ve managed to get a digital copy of all my favourite albums and tracks.

  I will keep Spotify though. A long time ago, I got friends to share their Discovery and Release Radar playlists. With my own, I have a nice spread of recommendations.

  I need regular new music. Call it a search for unexpected dopamine. Spotify still picks new tracks that I really like. I also like Spotify Connect and the easily shared collaborative playlists.

  The UK has less alternatives for music discovery. I don’t like Radio, way too much talking and ads.

  I’ve got rid of Netflix, Prime. I’m getting Disney+ for free at the moment. Back to physical for film and TV.

  For now, Spotify recommendations is worth the cost of entry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can England possibly be running out of water?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you read the Government doc linked near the top of the Guardian article, you find this little gem:

  “A further one billion litres a day will also be needed to generate energy, grow our food, and power emerging technologies.”

  Basically things will be worse because a load of water is going to be consumed by AI data centers.